The mind under siege
mechanisms of war propaganda
Published on 30. March 2020
196 pages
978-1-68053-975-2 (ISBN)
Description
Alexandra Kitty's vital new book is a guide to the stratagems and techniques of war propaganda. When nations go to war, governments need reliable and effective methods of rallying public opinion to support their actions, regardless of the political leanings or educational background of citizens. The Mind Under Siege explores real life case studies and research in human motivation to show why propaganda is more powerful, potent, and effective than other types of persuasive messages. Reliance on primal phobias, and the threat to reproduction, well-being, and life itself make propaganda a reliable and powerful tool. For journalists and other news producers, Kitty's book shows how to ask the right questions and avoid spreading misinformation and propaganda and how to see more insidious forms of manipulation and narrative through psychological research and case studies.
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Person
Alexandra Kitty is a journalist who specializes in crime and media issues. She worked as a Canadian correspondent for Presstime magazine. She also wrote a cover story about Thomson for Quill magazine, and about the CBC for Current newspaper in Washington, DC
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Author's Note
- Preface The War Project
- Section One: A Propaganda Primer
- Chapter One: It's in the marrow
- Chapter Two: Immediate is the message
- Chapter Three: Mass compliance
- Chapter Four: Special messages
- Chapter Five: One strike
- Section Two: The Psychology of Survival and Instinct
- Chapter Six: The animal in all of us
- Chapter Seven: At the base of the brain
- Chapter Eight: Primal fears
- Chapter Nine: Sex sells
- Chapter Ten: When men were men and women were women
- Chapter Eleven: The lost generation
- Chapter Twelve: Plagues
- Chapter Thirteen: Heroes and angels
- Chapter Fourteen: Us versus them
- Section Three: Mindtrapping
- Chapter Fifteen: Erasing faces
- Chapter Sixteen: White knights, dark shadows
- Chapter Seventeen: Animal and machine
- Chapter Eighteen: Apocalypse reigning
- Chapter Nineteen: Victimology
- Section Four: Inoculation
- Chapter Twenty: Cold logic
- Chapter Twenty-One: Hot buttons
- Chapter Twenty-Two: The statistics behind deviation
- Chapter Twenty-Three: Breaking narrative shackles
- Chapter Twenty-Four: Burden of proof
- References
- Index
